Steve

 Daviss,  MD,  is  a  physician  double-­‐boarded  in  Psychiatry  and  in  Psychosomatic  
Medicine,  which  is  the  intersection  of  primary  care  and  psychiatry.  He  is  the  
founding  president  of  FUSE  Health  Strategies,  LLC,  a  unique  Baltimore-­‐based  
consulting  group  focused  on  patient-­‐centered  healthcare  policy,  advocacy,  
workflow,  and  information  technology  approaches  to  integrating  mental  health  and  
substance  use  services  in  primary  care  settings.    
 
FUSE  Health  truly  embodies  the  patient-­‐centered  approach,  with  patient  and  Vice-­‐
President  and  Senior  Partner,  Kait  Roe,  NCQA  PCMH  CCE,    who  approaches  her  
consulting  work  from  the  perspective  of  a  patient.  Kait  is  an  NCQA  Patient-­‐Centered  
Medical  Home  Certified  Content  Expert  who  works  with  PCMHs  wanting  to  
integrate  behavioral  health  to  achieve  Level  3  PCMH  certification.  
 
Dr  Daviss  is  the  Chief  Medical  Information  Officer  for  M3  Information,  LLC,  a  
Washington  DC-­‐based  mobile  mental  health  IT  company  that  developed  the  peer-­‐
reviewed,  multidimensional,  patient-­‐centered  mental  health  screening  tool,  
WhatsMyM3,  as  well  as  M3  Clinician,  the  only  NCQA-­‐recognized  behavioral  health  
screening  and  progress  monitoring  solution  for  Patient-­‐Centered  Medical  Homes  
and  other  primary  care  settings.  Enthusiastic  about  merging  his  clinical  and  
administrative  experience  with  health  care  policy,  informatics,  and  health  care  
reform  efforts,  his  goal  is  to  integrate  behavioral  healthcare  with  physical  healthcare  
to  save  costs  and  improve  healthcare  quality  and  outcomes.  
 
He  is  the  founding  Chair  of  the  Department  of  Psychiatry  at  Baltimore  Washington  
Medical  Center,  and  is  Clinical  Assistant  Professor  in  the  University  of  Maryland  
School  of  Medicine,  where  he  also  attended  medical  school.  He  trained  at  the  
University  of  Pittsburgh  Medical  Center  at  Western  Psychiatric  Institute  and  Clinic.  
He  completed  an  NIMH-­‐funded  clinical  research  fellowship  in  schizophrenia  at  the  
Maryland  Psychiatric  Research  Center.  
 
Dr  Daviss  is  a  Distinguished  Fellow  of  the  American  Psychiatric  Association.  He  is  
Chair  of  the  APA  Committee  on  Mental  Health  Information  Technology,  APA  
Assembly  Representative  for  Maryland,  Past-­‐President  of  the  Maryland  Psychiatric  
Society,  and  is  active  in  the  Legislative  Committees  for  Medchi  and  for  the  MPS,  
where  he  is  often  called  upon  to  analyze  legislation  and  testify  before  the  Maryland  
General  Assembly.  He  is  currently  running  for  a  state  political  office  in  Maryland.    
 
His  experience  includes  patient-­‐centered  health  care  policy,  health  informatics,  and  
use  of  health  IT  and  social  media  in  health  care.  He  has  served  as  past  co-­‐chair  of  the  
CCHIT  Behavioral  Health  Work  Group,  where  he  helped  direct  the  development  of  
certification  standards  for  behavioral  health  electronic  health  records  with  a  diverse  
group  of  clinical,  informatics,  and  vendor  stakeholders.  He  has  served  on  URAC's  
Health  Standards  Committee  since  2004,  where  he  helped  develop  mental  health  
parity  (MHPAEA)  compliance  standards  for  URAC's  Health  Plan  accreditation  in  
preparation  for  the  Affordable  Care  Act's  Health  Benefit  Exchange  programs.  He  also  
serves  on  the  Maryland  Health  Care  Commission's  Health  Information  Exchange  
Policy  Board,  on  the  Maryland  Department  of  Health  and  Mental  Hygiene's  
Behavioral  Health  Integration  Work  Groups,  and  on  the  Clinical  Committee  for  the  
Chesapeake  Regional  Information  System  for  our  Patients  (CRISP),  Maryland's  state-­‐
designated  HIE.  He  co-­‐founded  the  popular  mental  health  blog,  Shrink  Rap;  the  
psychiatry  podcast,  My  Three  Shrinks;  started  the  HITshrink  blog;  and  is  a  frequent  
contributor  to  Clinical  Psychiatry  News  and  Psychiatric  News.  He  is  also  co-­‐author  of  
the  well-­‐received  book,  Shrink  Rap:  Three  Psychiatrists  Explain  Their  Work,  by  
Johns  Hopkins  University  Press  (2011).  
 
Dr  Daviss  is  a  member  of  the  American  Psychiatric  Association,  American  Medical  
Informatics  Association,  American  Association  for  Technology  and  Psychiatry,  
American  Medical  Association,  Academy  of  Psychosomatic  Medicine,  HL7,  HIMSS,  
Maryland  HIMSS,  Maryland  Psychiatric  Society,  Medchi,  and  the  Southern  
Psychiatric  Association.  He  serves  on  the  Boards  of  the  nonprofit  
organizations,  Maryland  Foundation  for  Psychiatry  and  the  Anne  Arundel  County  
Mental  Health  Agency,  Inc.  
 
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http://fusehealth.org  
http://m3clinician.com  
http://whatsmym3.com  
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http://peopleforstevedaviss.org  
twitter:  @HITshrink  
email:  drdaviss@gmail.com